
PD PD
M2 Taps M3
Min Taps
Max Length of 74.1%82.3%
Length of engagement engagement=18.1mm On "middle" engagement class, 7H class can be chosen M4 in case of "L" engagement length. Internal threads made by roll taps are Engagement different from those made by cutting
Internal threads Taps classification taps on the shape of minor dimameter. Engagement Unit : mm D1 Unit : mm length
Engagement External threads *Hole size for thread forming taps
length classification Drill size Min Max M5
(ref.) Min Max
S Short engagement length 4H 5H — S 6(mm)
| Bored hole size | 10.3 | 10.106 10.441 | Taps | ||
| 11.09 | 11.23 |
M Normal engagement length 5H 6H 7H 6 M 18(mm)
| Engagement ratio | 89.7% | 100% | 82.3% | |
| Forming condition changes depending |
L Long engagement length 6H 7H 8H 18 L(mm) on workpiece's Material and shape.
P=1.75mm D1 is minor diameter of JIS 6H(2nd Class) of internal threads Above is for customer's reference. M6 Taps Tolerance area of tap's pitch diameter
M8 Thread class of cutting taps Taps 【Pitch diameter】
| Internal threadsInternal threads | Class | PD tolerance | |||||
| Diameter of imaginary cylinder or cone | |||||||
| which makes equal the width of threads | ISO2 | 48μm〜80μm | M10 | ||||
| and width of space between the threads | μ | 〜 | μ | ||||
| ISO2X | 73 | m 105 | m | Taps |
ISO2ISO2 *Above shows the plus tolerance by setting PD basic size as "0". ISO2XISO2X M12 Width of Width of Taps
threadsthreads Thread class of roll taps
| Width of space Width of space | Class | PD tolerance | M1-M | |
| between threadsbetween threads | ISO2X 127μm〜140μm | 7 | ||
| Taps |
| Pitch Pitch | μ | 〜 | μ | |
| ISO3X 152 | m 165 | m | ||
| diameterdiameter |
| ISO2XISO2X | *Above shows the plus tolerance | M9-M | |||
| ISO3XISO3X | by setting PD basic size as "0". | 24 | |||
| Taps | |||||
| Basic size of pitch diameter | M25-M | ||||
| 10.863mm |
| -200μm | -150μm | -100μm | -50μm | +50μm | +100μm | +150μm | +200μm | Taps | 48 | ||||
| ← | For Unified | ||||||||||||
| 6g | ISO2X | ISO3X | Roll taps | threads | |||||||||
| Taps |
| Tolerance of dies is the | ISO2 | ← |
| Cutting taps | ||
| target of external threads | ISO2X | |
| For Whitworth | ||
| Class of dies | threads | |
| 6g | 6g external threads(-184〜-34) Solid dies 6H internal threads(0〜200) | Taps |
NRNR GRGR GPGP NPNP
For Pipe threads Relative position of PD tolerance area of external threads, internal threads, taps and gages. Taps
For Pg threads
| (–) | ← | Basic size of pitch diameter | → | (+) | Taps | |||||
| 10.863mm | ||||||||||
| Unit : m | Unit : m | |||||||||
| Ring gage pitch diameter(for external threads inspection) | Plug gage pitch diameter(for internal threads inspection) |
NR6g -202 〜 -184 GR6g -51 〜 -33 GP6H 7 〜 17 NP6H 200 〜 210
NR : NOT GO ring gage GP : GO plug gage GR : GO ring gage NP : NOT GO plug gage Unit : mm Unit : mm Accuracy of external threads Accuracy of internal threads
Major diameter Pitch diameter Minor diameter Major diameter Pitch diameter Minor diameter
6g 11.701〜11.966 10.679〜10.829 − 6H − 10.863〜11.063 10.106〜10.441